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Financial crunch has forced Punjab government to sell prime lands under various jail premises in the state to set up multiplexes and shopping malls. Highly placed sources told FE on Friday that the issue was discussed in a Cabinet meeting chaired by the chief minister Parkash Singh Badal. On...

New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) The CBI today closed a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case against senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler saying it was unable to find witnesses to support More...

Ludhiana, Sep 28 (IANS) Punjab's vigilance bureau Friday arrested the state's former additional advocate general Harpreet Singh Sandhu here. He has been charged with involvement in the controversial multi-million-rupee Ludhiana City Centre scam. More...

Punjab's vigilance officials Thursday evening raided and opened the lockers of former director general of police (DGP) S.S. Virk in a leading private bank here. More...

Chandigarh, Sep 27 (IANS) Punjab's vigilance officials Thursday evening raided and opened the lockers of former director general of police (DGP) S.S. Virk in a leading private bank here. More...

Ludhiana, Sept. 27 (ANI): Punjab, which is known as the granary of the country, is heading towards a bumper paddy crop this year. The 25.75 hectares of land available for paddy production has registered a rise in its per-hectare production, and the production figures stand at around 15.2 million...

New York, Sep 27 (IANS) A grand jury has filed an indictment against Umair Ahmed, a 17-year old schoolboy, for forcibly cutting a 15-year-old Sikh boy's hair in a school in Queens borough of New York. More...

They may not be remotely related to actor Dharmendra but what nine teachers in Punjab, including five women, did in this town Tuesday evening brought back memories of the Bollywood star's water tank scene in the 1975 blockbuster 'Sholay'. More...

Chandigarh, Sep 25 (IANS) Six members of a family, including two children, were killed Tuesday when their car rammed into a truck near Kharar town in Punjab near here. More...

Kapurthala, Sep 25 (IANS) They may not be remotely related to actor Dharmendra but what nine teachers in Punjab, including five women, did in this town Tuesday evening brought back memories of the Bollywood star's water tank scene in the 1975 blockbuster 'Sholay'. More...

Chandigarh, Sep 25 (IANS) The Punjab government Tuesday banned a controversial Hindi book 'Shri Guru Granth Sahib - Sant Panapdas-ji ki vani', saying it contained passages and inferences likely to offend Sikh religious sentiments. More...

Centurion Bank of Punjab (CBoP) (BSE:532273) on Monday denied that the bank is a candidate for takeover by another private sector bank ING Vysya Bank by terming the reports in a section of media to this effect as incorrect. More...

With neighbouring Haryana having given in-principle approval to 57 Special Economic Zone (SEZ) proposals, 12 notified and 5 functional, Punjab is getting its act together to set the ball rolling. With the state all set to enact the SEZ Act by this December, formal approval has been given to four...

In the wake of all the Indian Idol-frenzy we bring another perspective on singing idol competitions - that of Manish Acharya who s Shabana Azmi-starrer Loins of Punjab Presents is all about idol mania. More...

In a significant decision, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed the "arbitrary" rule framed by the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana banning persons over the age of 45 from getting enrolled as advocates in the Bar . Quashing the order, a Division Bench of the High Court held that the...

Associated Press - September 22, 2007 10:05 PM ET BURTONSVILLE, Md. (AP) - Montgomery County police are investigating what they call a possible hate crime against two Sikh men. More...

New York: The New York City will mark a Sikh Heritage Week from Saturday coinciding with an annual festival here to showcase the arts, culture and tradition of the community. More...

If all you re looking for is a good laugh this weekend, don t miss Loins of Punjab Presents , it s a delightful comedy about a New Jersey singing competition called Desi Idol and the motley group of contestants from New York and Jersey City who re hoping to win the 25,000-dollar cash prize. More...

If all you re looking for is a good laugh this weekend, don t miss Loins of Punjab Presents , it s a delightful comedy about a New Jersey singing competition called Desi Idol and the motley group of contestants from New York and Jersey City who re hoping to win the 25,000-dollar cash prize. More...

Former chief minister of Punjab Capt Amrinder Singh might be heading for serious trouble over the Ludhiana City Centre scam. Punjab s Vigilance Department claims it s found solid evidence to chargesheet Amrinder and his family members. The police are in custody with a few cheques that show...